GOALS: This course is designed to help you advance all four
of your linguistic skills (listening, speaking, reading, writing), so that when you
have completed it, you will be able to function reasonably well in the all-French
environment of an upper-division course or a visit to a French-speaking country.
You will expand the number of topics about which you can speak several
sentences interactively, the number of stories you can tell, detailed
descriptions you can make, with an anticipated oral proficiency of
"Intermediate-Mid". In listening, you will be able to understand the main points
and some supporting detail of conversations by native speakers on familiar
topics. To this end, we will spend a considerable amount of time listening to
and discussing taped interviews. Also, you will develop appropriate mastery of
grammatical structures. You will develope an ability to read complex
paragraphs through texts which will expand your cultural knowledge.

HOMEWORK: Do all assignments, following the syllabus for
MC, and adding the parallel portions of MP. I will ask you to hand in specific
exercises from either one, but keep all exercises written down in a note book
from which you can remove them for inspection. You review your
audiocassettes, or investigate web sites in our lab (H415). I will add essays to
assignments (TBA)

ATTENDANCE: Regular attendance MANDATORY. We cannot
teach you anything if you are not in class. Unexcused absences in excess of 3
will cost you 10 point for each class missed on your final grade. Perfect
attendance will be rewarded with 20 points on your final grade.